Anticreep rail anchor



Oct. 23, 1928.

w. E. WILLIAMS ANTICREEP RAIL ANCHOQR 3 ShGGtS -ShBGt 1 Filed Oct. 29, 1927' Oct. 23, 1928. 1,689,003

W. E. WILLIAMS I ANTICREEP RAIL ANCHOR Oct. 23, 1928. 1,689,003

W. E. WILLIAMS ANTICREEP RAIL ANCHOR Filed Oct. 29, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Oct. 23, 1928.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM ERASTUS WILLIAMS, F NILIVIIET'IE, TLLlNOIS.

.AN'IIOREEP RAIL ANCHOR.

Application filed October 29, 1927. Serial No. 229,580.

my invention relates to devices that are secured to the bases of railroad rails in a manner to prevent the rails creeping longitudinally under the tralfic services to which they are subjected.

The object of my invention is to produce a rail anchor that may be cheaply made and very securely fastened to the rail and one that will stay fastened andnot be jarred loose by the vibration of the rail either as the rail vibrates longitudinally or laterally in contact with the tie or ballast or whether or not the ballast is frozen and thus produce a bond on the anchor, either endwise or sidewise which under the vibration of the rail may tend to loosen the anchor.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is an end elevation.

Fig. 2 is a plan.

Fig. 3 is a left end elevation.

Fig. 41 is a right end elevation of one form of my anchor which form is'made out of fiat metal of uniform thickness.

Fig. 5 is a transverse elevation through the rail showing the method of applying the anchor shown in Figs. 1-4 inclusive, being applied to the rail.

Fig. 6 is a similar view to that of Fig. 5 but after the anchor has been fixed to the rail.

Fig. 7 is a similar View to that of Fig. 6 showing also a fastening of the anchor to the rail which latter fastening is that which would be used after the anchor has been taken off and reapplied to some rail or applied to a rail of narrower width than that shown n Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 shows a modified form of anchor from that shown in Figs. 1-7 inclusive, the difference relating to the lever end portion of the anchor being the right end as shown by Fi 1.

Fig. 9 shows the anchor of Fig. 8 after being applied to the rail.

Fig. 10 is a modified form of the anchor.

Fig. 11 shows another modification similar to the-anchor of Fig. 8 when same is secured to the rail.

Fig. 1.2 is a modified form of the anchor shown in Fig. 10. r I Fig. 13 shows the anchor of Fig. 12 secured to the rail. I

Fig. 14 is a modified form of the anchor shown in Fig. 12.

Fig. 15 shows the anchor of Fig. 14 secured to the rail.

Fig. 16 is still another modified form of the anchor from that shown in Figs. 10-14 inclusive.

Fig. 17 shows the anchor of Fig. 16 secured to the rail.

Fig. '18 is a modified form of the anchor shown in Fig. 16. v 3

Fig. 19 shows the anchor of Fig. 18 secured to the rail.

Fig. 20 is a modified form of the anchor shown in Fig. 18.

Fig. 21 is a sectional elevation on line 21'-2l of Fig. 20.

Fig. 22 is a modified form of anchor from that shown in Fig. 20.

Fig. 23 is a sectional elevation on line 23-23 of Fig. 22.

'Fig. 24 is a plan section on line 2424 of Fig. 22.

Fig. 25 is a modified form of the anchor shown in Fig. 22.

In the drawing the anchor shown in Figs. 1-7 inclusive is made out of a flat piece of metal having the flat body portion 2 from which there is a downward projecting flange 3 the portion 2 lying under the base of the rail and the downward projecting flange 3 furnishing an abutment to abut against the edge of the tie or tieplate as the case maybe. The body portion 2 is curved over at the left forming a rail clamping member 4 and at the right end of the body portion 2 there is a lever extension 5 turned over at 6 having a free end 7 which furnishes a fulcrum for hearing tightly on the corner 8 of the rail (se Fig.6). In applying the anchor to the rail, it is slipped underneath the rail, the ballast being cleared away momentarily for that purpose whenever the ballast happens to be in the way of sliding the anchor underneath the rail.

The clamping member is then brought into loose contact and the anchor is held up onto the under side of the rail by means of a bar 9 shown in dotted lines held up by the opei ators hand 10 and when the anchor is thus held, the end 6 is driven over by a. maul 11 to the position of Fig.6. As the end 7 contacts with the corner 8 of therail, it draws the anchor very tightly exerting great strain over the edge of the rail 12 as shown in Fig. 6 pulling the clamping member 4. tightly against the rail to the limit of the strength and the bending moment at 13 of thatportion of the anchor body.

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WVhen it-is desired to release the anchor from the rail as shown in Fig. 6 a bar is ap plied against the portion 6 and against the head of the rail 14 (see Fig. 6) and the portion 5 is bent outwardsufliciently to release the anchor, then on a second application of the anchor owing to the stretch which has taken place at the point (Fig. 6) it will be necessary to bend the portion 6 over to the form shown in. Fig. 7 which will again tighten the anchor very tightly to the rail.

The metal of the anchor may, as desired, be hardened in portions 4 and over the turned end 13 and allowed to remain soft at the loca tion 15 whereat bending and stretching take place in applying the anchor to the rail. The modified form of Figs. 8 and 9 involves only that'inst'ead of the doubled over end 7 being employed, the lever end 16 is not folded over on itself but in forming the fulcrumed corner corresponding to the end 7 there is produced the bulged portion 17 which bulged portion forms the fulcrum binding tight on the rail as indicated by Fig. 9.

Instead of making the anchor out of relatively thin material as shown in Figs. 19 inclusive, I may as desired, make the anchor out of material more or lessrectangular in cross-section or greater in depth and narrower in width than the form shown in the former figures and with the greater depth of the metal used, the flange 3 may not normally be required, for example the central portion of the body of the anchor may be curved downward .asindicated by the curved lines 18 in Fig. 10. This anchor of Fig. 10 has the lever end 19 reduced in thickness and curved to form the projection 20 which forms the fulcrum point when the anchor is turned over. Fig. 11 is a further modification, the downwardly extending portion 3 of Fig. 8 being omitted. The anchor of Figs. 12 and 13'differs from the anchor shown in Figs. 8-11 inclusive by having a projection 21 forming the fulcrum pointwhich when bent over, locks the anchor onto the rail with very great compression becauseof the fact that in turning the lever end 22 over from the position of Fig. 12 to that of Fig. 13 the metal of the anchor is so strained that it actually stretches in the region 23 13. The anchor of Figs. 14 and 15 is shown having the body portion 24 provided with flange 25. This may be a double or a single flange as desired, being either of a T or channel section and amounts substantially to the same form of the anchor .as that shown in Figs. 811 inelusive, the flange being the only differentiation as relates to the form of the anchor of Figs. 14, and 15. In Figs. 16 and 17 the anchors are made out of a relatively'heavy section 25 forged ever leaving a clearance space 26 which is desirable in forging a relatively thick body, for whenever such a forging takes place, the metal is weakest in the throat corresponding to the region of 26 and the larger the curve in which this turning over takes place as a forged proposition, leaves the metal in a better condition of great strength and in this form there is permitted a greater springaction for the end 27 to clamp on the rail to accommodate a wider variation in section of the rail base and the left end of the anchor as shown in Fig. 16 is thinned down to the lever end 28 and is provided with the fulcruined projection 29 which when turned up as indicated by Fig. 17 draws the clamping portion 27 very tightly onto the rail, the function of clamping onto the rail being substantially like the other forms, the difference being that with the thick section the thinned end portion 28 makes an easier application of the anchor to the rail. In this case as in others, the end to be turned up and bent over the corner 30 has to stretch and is thus made relatively softer than the portion to permit this bending and stretching of the. metal in the application of the anchor to the rail.

The anchors above shown are preferably made of steel which permits tempering on the end where desired and leaving the rest that is to be bent over soft enough to permit the bending without cracking of the metal.

In Figs. 1825 inclusive, the anchor is made of two pieces, the clamping member 31 being made of a piece of metal which may either be a casting or a forging and of any temper desired while the other part of the anchor is made out of flat metal having the flat body portion 32 with the desired extending flange and with the lever end portion 3a provided with a fulcrum point 35 and this portion of the anchor is secured to the thicker portion or the spring clamping portion 31 by means of being interlocked therewith through the menium of a shoulder 36 on the portion 31 and the end 37 of the body portion 32 being ofl'set downward into a recess or seat 38 which causes it to interlock over the shoulder 36 and this end 37 is spot welded when desired at the point 39 to hold it in position until. the anchor is locked on the rail. Thereafter it is locked in the said position by the clamp ing end 31 then notrequiring the use of the connection brought about by the spot weld 39. The anchor shown in Figs. 20 and 21 is substantially like the anchor shown in Figs. 18 and 19 save that in place of the seat 38 and shoulder 36 the body of theanchor has an overlapping flange l0 which embraces the body of the clamping member 11 and is, seicured thereto by rivets or spot welds 42..

The anchor shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 24-. is similar to the anchor shown in Figs. 20 and 21 save that in place of the overlapping flange 4L0 there is provided the overlapping flange 13 which is seated in a depression in the side of the clamping portion 44 and abuts'against the shoulder 45 at the end of the side depression and thus the two pieces are held together by the interlocking at shoulder 45 and the end of the flange 43 is longer and bent slightly under as indicated by 46 thus making unnecessary any spot welding operation. The anchor shown by Fig. 25 differs from that shown in Figs. 22, 23, and 2a in that the body 47 extends under the base of the rail for the whole distance across Whereas in Fig. 22 this body portion ends at 48 leaving the portion 49 of the clamping member as directly in contact with the base of the rail on the under side thereof but in Fig. 25 the clamping portion 49 does not come directly in contact with the base of the rail and thus permit-s, as it were, a larger curve 51 in the throat of the clamping member which permits a better forging feature than is the case with the an chor shown in Fig. 22.

In the anchor shown in Figs. 18-24 inclusive, I have shown the depending flange-38 which corresponds to the flange 3 as shown in Figs. 1-4 inclusive. However, in Figs. 18-24 inclusive the depth of the clamping portion as indicated by 31, 41, 44 and 50 on the under side of the rail may be su'tlicient in most cases as desired for abutment against the side of the tie or tieplate without the use of the flange 33, the tie being indicated by 53 and the tieplate by 54: wherever shown and the base of the rail being indicated by 55.

iv hat I claim is:

1. An anchor of the class described, hav ing a clamping member at one side of the rail base and a lever member at the other side of the base with a body portion 6XtIlCling underneath the base and a fulcrumed projection on the lever end adapted to clamp tightly to the corner of the base of the rail as the lever end is turned over in securing the anchor to the rail.

2. An anchor of the class described provided with an end clamping portion adapted to engage one side of the base of a rail and at the opposite end with a thinner portion adapted to be bent over the opposite side of the base of said rail in the operation of applying said anchor.

l In an anchor of the class described, a spring clamping portion at one end of the anchor adapted to wedge onto the base of the rail With a thinner portion at the other side of the rail and adapted to bend over onto the base of the rail and binding the anchor thereto.

4;. In an anchor of the class described, a spring clamping portion adapted to Wedge onto a rail base laterally in a direction transversely to the rail and having a. body tion extending underneath the base of the rail and provided with a thinner portion at the opposite side from the spring clamping portion and said thinner portion adapted to be bent up over the edge of the base of the rail and provided With a fulcrumed projection for binding tightly on the edge ofthe base ofthe rail.

5. In an anchor of the class described, a

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spring clamping portion adapted to Wedges on laterally in a direction transversely. to the rail and having a body portion extending underneath the base of the rail and pro-.

vided with a thinner portion at the opposite side from the spring clampingportion and said thinner portion adapted to be bent up over the edge of the base of the rail and provided with a fulerumed projection for binding tightly on the edge of the base of the rail, the said spring clamping portion being of harder metal than the bent end portion. I

6. A rail anchor having a spring clamping member ofrelatively thick material. and

an integrally united lever end member con nected to the spring clamping member and the said lever end member being adapted to be turned over binding the spring lever to the rail.

7. An anchor of the class described pro and State of Illinois this 27th day of October, 1927'.

VVILLIANI ERASTUS WILLIAMS. 

